The Penguin Dictionary of Science [antikvár]

PENGUIN REFERENCE BOOKS THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE E. B. Uvarov was born in Russia in 1910, and educated at Haberdashers9 Aske's Hampstead School and the Imperial College of Science and Technology. He graduated in chemistry in 1929 and spent two years in biochemical research. In 1932 he taught science at Bertrand Russell's School: this was followed by two years as biochemist and technical manager to a firm of food manufacturers. From 1935 to 1944 he was senior chemistry master at Dartington Hall and subsequently at Taunton School. For the following eleven years he was head of the Technical Information Bureau of Courtauld's before going into independent practice as a scientific literature consultant and translator. Alan Isaacs was born in London in 1925 and educated at St Paul's School and the Imperial College of Science and Technology, where he graduated in 1946. He was then engaged in fundamental research into combustion problems associated with rocket propulsion and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1950. At the same time he was a part-time teacher of English and mathematics at the Polish University College in London. Dr Isaacs is the author of Introducing Science and The Survival of God in the Scientific Age. He is now a full-time lexicographer and encyclopedist.